beamer: Allow hyphenation by default (paragraph, itemize, footnotes, description)

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Dr. Manuel Kuehner

 - I want that all text in `columns`, `footnote` (incl. `[frame]` option), and `itemize` (and `description`) are set in a way that word breaks are likely to happen.
 - This is a follow-up to https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/678286 which teaches us that `\rightskip=0pt` is the solution and a cross-post, see https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/678385.
 - **Q:** How can I modify the **default behavior** `columns`, `footnote` (incl. `[frame]` option), and `itemize` (and `description`) to behave as shown in the manually modified code example?

## MWE ##

    \documentclass{beamer}
    
    \usepackage[english]{babel}
    
    \newcommand{\myPHText}{Lorem ipsum is placeholder text commonly used in the graphic, print, and publishing industries for previewing layouts and visual mockups.}
    
    \begin{document}
    
    \begin{frame}
    \frametitle{Frame Title}
    
    \begin{columns}
    \column[T]{0.50\textwidth}
    %\rightskip=0pt % <-- Modified
    \myPHText%
    \footnote{%
    %\rightskip=0pt % <-- Modified
    \myPHText}%
    \footnote[frame]{%
    %\rightskip=0pt % <-- Modified
    \myPHText \myPHText}
    
    \column[T]{0.50\textwidth}
    \begin{itemize}
        %\rightskip=0pt % <-- Modified
        \item \myPHText
        \item \myPHText
    \end{itemize}
    \end{columns}
    
    \end{frame} 
    
    \end{document}

[![enter image description here][1]][1]

## Manually (= Locally) Modified Code with Desired Output ##

    \documentclass{beamer}
    
    \usepackage[english]{babel}
    
    \newcommand{\myPHText}{Lorem ipsum is placeholder text commonly used in the graphic, print, and publishing industries for previewing layouts and visual mockups.}
    
    \begin{document}
    
    \begin{frame}
    \frametitle{Frame Title}
    
    \begin{columns}
    \column[T]{0.50\textwidth}
    \rightskip=0pt % <-- Modified
    \myPHText%
    \footnote{%
    \rightskip=0pt % <-- Modified
    \myPHText}%
    \footnote[frame]{%
    \rightskip=0pt % <-- Modified
    \myPHText \myPHText}
    
    \column[T]{0.50\textwidth}
    \begin{itemize}
        \rightskip=0pt % <-- Modified
        \item \myPHText
        \item \myPHText
    \end{itemize}
    \end{columns}
    
    \end{frame} 

    \end{document}

[![enter image description here][2]][2]

## Related ##

 - https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/44556

  [1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/QG4Xk.png
  [2]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/nYk4n.png

Top Answer

samcarter

Beamer uses `\raggedright` in a lot of places. Here are some alterations which alter the behaviour of normal text, items, columns and footnotes:


```
\documentclass{beamer}

\usepackage[english]{babel}

\newcommand{\myPHText}{Lorem ipsum is placeholder text commonly used in the graphic, print, and publishing industries for previewing layouts and visual mockups.}

\usepackage{ragged2e}

\makeatletter

% remove \raggedright from the footnote template
\setbeamertemplate{footnote}
{
  \parindent 1em\noindent%
%  \raggedright
  \hbox to 1.8em{\hfil\insertfootnotemark}\insertfootnotetext\par%
}

% switch normal text to justified
\apptocmd{\frame}{}{\justifying}{} 

% swich columns to justified text
\renewcommand<>\beamer@columncom[2][\beamer@colmode]{%
    \beamer@colclose%
    \def\beamer@colclose{\end{minipage}\hfill\end{actionenv}\ignorespaces}%
\begin{actionenv}#3%
    \setkeys{beamer@col}{#1}%
    \begin{minipage}[\beamer@colalign]{#2}%
        \leavevmode%
        %\raggedright
            \justifying% NEW
        \beamer@colheadskip\ignorespaces}
        
% switching itemize etc to justified
\AddToHook{cmd/beamer@enum@/after}{\justifying}
\AddToHook{cmd/@@description/after}{\justifying}
\AddToHook{cmd/itemize/after}{\justifying}

\makeatother

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Frame Title}
\myPHText

\begin{columns}
\column[T]{0.50\textwidth}
\myPHText%
\footnote{%
\myPHText}%
\footnote[frame]{%
\myPHText \myPHText}

\column[T]{0.50\textwidth}
\begin{itemize}
    \item \myPHText
    \item \myPHText
\end{itemize}
\end{columns}

\end{frame} 

\end{document}
```

Answer #2

samcarter

This might be a bit drastic, but if you'd like to switch off all occurrences of `\raggedright` in beamer, maybe just switch off `\raggedright` itself? [What could possibly go wrong :)](https://starecat.com/content/wp-content/uploads/what-could-possibly-go-wrong-cutting-fail.jpg)


```
\documentclass{beamer}

\usepackage[english]{babel}

\newcommand{\myPHText}{Lorem ipsum is placeholder text commonly used in the graphic, print, and publishing industries for previewing layouts and visual mockups.}

\renewcommand{\raggedright}{}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Frame Title}

\begin{columns}
\column[T]{0.50\textwidth}
\myPHText%
\footnote{%
\myPHText}%
\footnote[frame]{%
\myPHText \myPHText}

\column[T]{0.50\textwidth}
\begin{itemize}
    \item \myPHText
    \item \myPHText
\end{itemize}
\end{columns}

\end{frame} 

\end{document}
```

![document.png](/image?hash=e750d8e214947842370c4cf1db7f111dd4c2d396d117f18d3177c82eaec5872a)

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